Example sentences of "[verb] too late " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , we are reminded too late that the risks associated with high short-term rewards are often unacceptable for a public company . |
| 2 | Sadly for Britain , sadly for industrial peace on Merseyside , the change-of-heart had come too late . |
| 3 | But these have often come too late . |
| 4 | ‘ I cou 'd have serv 'd you , but you 're come too late |
| 5 | Changes in oral hygiene and dental practice have come too late for the men and women in today 's Homes . |
| 6 | It may have come too late to save your husband , but I beg of you , Karen , spare the life of our unborn baby ! ’ |
| 7 | The tributes showered upon him since his death have come too late . |
| 8 | But recognition has probably come too late to influence Mr Savimbi . |
| 9 | Despite OSF 's attempt to harmonise some of the products based upon its technology , it has come too late to net some of the larger fish . |
| 10 | At last in 1854 Forbes was duly appointed to the Edinburgh chair , but he died a few months later at the age of only thirty-nine ; there was a general feeling that he had worn himself out with drudgery , and that success had come too late . |
| 11 | ‘ I fear we 've come too late to save Doctor Jekyll , and too late to punish his murderer too . |
| 12 | It had come too late to be effective . |
| 13 | She flung it at him over her shoulder in the hallway before walking into the lounge , choking on the bitterness of knowing that his belief had come too late . |
| 14 | Self-knowledge had come too late . |
| 15 | This was the real thing — but her encounter with Fen had come too late . |
| 16 | Ireland 's defeat of England may have come too late to influence the marginal selections but it certainly highlighted the shortcomings of some of the English players who were subsequently selected . |
| 17 | Although it has come too late to preserve the Snake River salmon in the wild , the ruling could save other salmon species in the same river system , and have far-reaching consequences for the agricultural and industrial economy of the Pacific Northwest . |
| 18 | The law has come too late for Anna McGurk , all her parents can now hope is that by the passing of this bill , some good will finally have come from her death . |
| 19 | Trax hopes to deter potential joyriders … it 's come too late for the people of Barton |
| 20 | While today 's cut in interest rates has been welcomed by industrial leaders , the news has come too late for many businesses . |
| 21 | Bingham 's men had reigned in the rain ; what a pity the deluge of good results had come too late to save the harvest . |
| 22 | It must also be accurate , or at least accurate enough for the recipient , and timely , as information provided too late for the particular p urpose is use it can respond to the changing needs of the user . |
| 23 | Jason McCoy , all this month , has a show of Jackson Pollock drawings among which are two large gouaches which surfaced too late for inclusion in the artist 's catalogue raisonné in 1976 . |
| 24 | ‘ No , but it finishes too late . |
| 25 | The prime minister 's critics say all this is happening too late ; that he should have regrouped last autumn , and that the Canadian Titanic may founder even while the ministers switch deckchairs . |
| 26 | The main criticism about information provided to employees is that it arrives too late . |
| 27 | Nina was built too late to compete with other accelerators that had done most of the early work , leaving Daresbury with little else to follow up , says Irvine : ‘ It was a classic case of too little , too late . ’ |
| 28 | The appellant is supposed to have a right of reply , but this may have to be sacrificed if it has grown too late . |
| 29 | The subsequent rally in New York came too late to help London shares . |
| 30 | The Gulf war came too late to help the profits of Turner Broadcasting last year , whose CNN broadcasts from Baghdad since the war started have sent viewership — and advertising revenues — soaring . |